Activities for kids

What To Do With a Big Box? – Make a Town

January 19, 2012

A recent delivery came in a big box! The was much excitement as the big kids and I surveyed the long, but shallow box and pondered what we could do with it. It wasn’t big enough for a cubby, and it was too big to make into a car. Then I had an idea… I [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Painting Together.

January 11, 2012

Painting a mural together means you not only spend time painting, you also spend time negotiating, being patient and communicating. Not to mention sharing, encouraging, working together, planning, and helping each other. Sometimes, there’s more to painting than it seems… Related Posts:Easy Art for Kids – Scanned Drawing Prompts.Easy Art For Kids – Dropper PaintingWorking [...]

Sensory Play – Icy Fun!

January 4, 2012

A little forward thinking and some treasures frozen into blocks of ice makes a run of super hot days a LOT more bearable.

Playing Shop.

December 20, 2011

I remember the day we visited the girls’ kinder for the first time, just to see what it was like. They had a shop set up in the home corner area and immediately my just turned four year old girls made a beeline for it and stayed playing shop for the whole time we were [...]

Sensory Play – Keep it Simple with Ice Blocks

December 13, 2011

There is nothing better than a bit of water play on a hot day, or even on a cold one. Water play is one of those activities that offers opportunity for learning in all developmental areas. It’s soothing, engaging and just plain fun, yet sometimes it seems like too much work and too much mess, [...]

Easy Art for Kids – Easy to find, Easy to Glue, Collage Materials

December 6, 2011

“I want to sick something! Mum can I glue something? You know, stick stuff? You know, like with glue?” It makes me smile the way he talks. From a 2 year old who didn’t even say ‘Mama’ to a four year old who who talks like a geeky teenager. How can I say no to [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Letter Collage.

November 29, 2011

My four year old has discovered a new found love of all things letters and writing. He is at the stage of wanting to write way beyond his abilities. He is still learning to form most of the letters and to manipulate his pencil well enough to write them. He wants to know how to [...]

2011 Christmas Printable Series – Christmas Letter Writing Set.

November 28, 2011

free printable christmas letter writing set

My girls don’t like Santa. They never have, and I’m beginning to think they never will. These days, at a very grown up eight years of age, they can keep themselves together when they walk past a giant blow up Santa in a shop, but no amount of lollies can bribe them to get any [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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